We crouch outside the building. We were hidden away by the forest leaves. We managed to climb a tree so we were level with her window. “What are we doing here?! We’re gonna get caught!” She hissed. “No we’re not..”
“Why are we here Anwyll?” She grumbled. Looking around. “Because..there’s somewhere I want to show you..” I whispered.
I was waiting. Waiting for her to appear. Praying she would. “What are you guys doing?” Both Enya and I nearly scream and fall. “Violet!” I hiss, turning around to see her balancing on a branch above us. She was in pajamas this time. But her neck..
I felt my heart fill with rage. Someone had laid their hands on my sister. Once I find out who I’m going to make them pay. Enya bared her teeth and prepared to make a run for it. “Wait..! Wait..!” I quickly pleaded. I look around. “Violet. Is there somewhere we can talk in private? somewhere safe. “Anwyll..!” Enya hissed but I just wave for her to wait.
“Why..? You were mean last time..” she hugged her bear. “I know..” you were being a brat vivi. “Please..I promise we won’t harm you..” Violet glanced at Enya who was still on high alert.
I gently take her arm, making her head snap my way. “Calm. Down. You're scaring her..” Enya’s eyes flickered. Her brows pushed together before she huffed then grumbled. She slowly raised her hands. “S-sorry..I’m sorry..” I glance at Violet.
“Violet..?” She looked my way again. “Is there somewhere we can talk..?” Violet looked at me for a moment. She then looked up at the building. I look too. “By the River..” she looked down at me. “It’s loud..” she smiled and jumped off. I quickly jump to follow her. “Wait!” I look at Enya who had my arm. “Who is she Anwyll..why are we following her..?”
I slowly grit my teeth. I sigh and mess my hair up. “Man. I really wanted to just show you…she’s my sister. I had a memory..” Enya gasped softly. “No way!”
Enya’s POV
He remembers something! I looked down at Violet who waited patiently. His sister..I look her up and down and jump down. She looked up at me. I slowly tilt my head. There was something about her..
something strange. I flinch when she raised a hand. “Don't…let’s go first..”
She looked at Anwyll who walked over.
A warm smile slipped onto her face before quickly disappearing. She looked him ever. “Please follow me..” I glance Anwyll who didn’t even hesitate. I quickly take his arm.
Both of them stopped and looked my way. I hesitantly leaned in. “I-I don’t know about this..” I didn’t like being on enemy territory. It was nice - no, good. That he remembers something, but I don’t like being here.
The longer I stay the stronger my scent will be. I flinched and wrinkled my nose slightly when he slowly took hold of my hand. “It’ll be okay…I promise. I won’t let them catch you..”
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“Enya! Run!” Anwyll bursts through the doors, he was battled and bloodied.
“Not without Marca..!” I shout, scrambling to get the sheets off. I grab hold of his arms and prepared to pull. “Enya..! We don’t have time..!-“
“No Anwyll! He is all I have left..I can’t!” I demand, managing to get him on his feet. I heard Anwyll curse. I look over as he peered out the door.
I could hear screaming and gunshot and bombs..there were people fighting.
What on earth was happening? I look over to Anwyll rushing over after barcoding the door. “We can’t go that way…they're trapping and killing anyone who runs!” I stumble back a few steps. Partially due to Marca’s weight but also due to fear.
Why..what made me so scared..? Was it the fighting? Who was trying to catch us? Why? “Hey..hey!” My eyes dart down to Anwyll. Despite being so beaten up he looked far more anxious about me..why?
“It’ll be okay..I’m gonna get you out of here..alright..? I won’t let them catch you..”
I gasp and felt a much needed cough rise from my throat. “Hey..hey! It’s alright..breathe..” I gasp through my never ending waves of coughs. I look around rubbing my throat before realizing that I was on the floor. I wince when a wave of pain flashes behind my eyes. I groan softly, “easy..you just passed out..” I slowly sit up, raising a hand to my head to see blood.
My heart spiked but he was quick to calm me down. He pulled me back and leaned me against a rock. “You're alright..hit you're head a bit. But the wound close up..” he nods. I sigh softly and look around. The noise..we were at the river.
I sigh softly and close my eyes. Waiting for the stupid headache to go away. “Wait..! Violet!” I snap my eyes open, looking around. “She’s alright..!” He quickly reassured me. He gestured to the River bank. “She’s just playing in the water..” I followed his finger and felt a wave of relief to see her giggling and splashing in the water.
After A moment of silence he gently tapped my arm. “What happened..hm?” I don’t say anything for a while. I don’t know what to say.
Nothing makes any sense anymore. everything jumbled, I can’t trust my own parents because even they don’t feel the same. Even they don’t feel real. Hell nothing does!
And now this..? This dream..this vision? I shake my head and rub my hands up and down my face. Why did it feel so real?
I slowly fix my position. “H-how’s um..how’s Violet..” he sighed softly and sat by my side. “We talked..”
“And..?” I glance at him. He just shrugs. But I could tell something was bothering me. “She doesn’t remember..” he mumbled.
He clenched his jaw a few times before drawing in a slow breath. “She knows I’m someone..someone who’s supposed to be in that house..she knows I’m someone…” he paused and shook his head. “She knows she trusts me. She knows that I’m someone she can trust..and feel safe around..but that’s it..”
Damn…that’s all..? “And you..? What do you remember?” I slowly hug my knees. He took in a slow weak breath. “Her..she was so small…healthy. With no scar on her neck. We were running..” I point towards the building. “We were there..” my brows raised. “What?” He nods. “We need to get inside Enya..” I quickly shake my head. “No..no way..”
“Enya please..” he begged. “No..! No..if I go in there I may never come out.” I hiss, turning to face him. “In there..I’m free game. If I get caught they have no reason to spare life. Don’t you get that? This is off charted territory..! I’m not even supposed to be here!” I hissed.
“Than I’ll go alone..” he shrugged, turning away. “What-“
“I need to get in there…I just had my first memory. I remembered my sister Enya..” he gestured to her looking for rocks. “My sister. How could I forget her..? A-and if I forgot her what else did I forget..?” He shrugged.
I sigh, twisting my jaw. “I need. To get inside. Maybe it’ll help me remember more..maybe I won’t. but this is something I have to do.” He insists.
He..did have a point. What I saw..it could’ve just been a quick dream..b-but it felt too real..to Alive..”what does it feel like..” I quickly say. He looked my way. “T-to remember..what does it feel like? H-how do you know it’s not a dream…” I glance at him before quickly looking away.
He slowly slid his hands into his pockets. “I don’t..” I look at him. “That’s the scary part. I don’t know if it’s real..for all i know could be fake..it just could be some dream I made up to make myself feel better.”
my brows furrowed a little. “B-but violet..” he just shrugs. “She could be a friend..a daughter..a cousin..” he shrugged. “Hell for all I know she could’ve been some stranger who I've met once..” he mumbled. “We might not even be related..but non the less I’m going to treat her like my sister..” he nods.
“She’s young..what happened to her..” he gestured to the scar. “Who cares if she’s hundreds and hundreds of years old. To me she’s still my little sister. And whatever happened to her shouldn’t have happened. Period.
I may not know the story behind it but until I do..until I know for sure what kind of relationship we have. She’s my sister. My memory told me..a-and..I hope it’s true..” he huffed. Still watching her. “I’d hate to be alone in this cruel world..” he mumbled.
I glance between them. I than sat up. “Something happened when I..you know..” I nod, rubbing my hands up and down my pants as Violet came rushing over with her bear and a shiny rock in hand. “I saw something. I don’t know what it was..it could’ve been a dream. But..”
“But..?” I pause and sigh softly. I sit back down. Anwyll did the same.
I felt my hands starting to tremble. I felt nervous..why? “T-there’s something wrong Anwyll..” I blink. “The memory- or dream I had. You were there..and Marca..” he tilts his head slightly. “ were running- well..others were running..” I glance at him. “Others?” I nod. “It didn’t show much..but from what I can remember we were in some kind of room..Something had happened to Marca..so it was just you and I..” I say.
Violet leaned againts Anwyll’s arm while rubbing her fingers over the shell. Both were quite invested in what I had to say. “There was something happening outside..there were gunshots..and screams and fighting..” I quickly say, closing my eyes as the memory flashed behind my eyelids.
“You barcaded us in the room…I had to get Marca..I wasn’t going to leave him..but what you said..‘I won’t let them catch you’ those exact words..” I look at him again. Curiosity and shock hid behind those eyes. “Why..why did I have that..? Do you think it could be a memory..?”-
“It is..” we both look at violet who’s eyes bore into mine. “What?” Anwyll looked down at her.
Violet said nothing else. She just turned away playing with her shell. I glanced at Anwyll who looked just as confused as me. He opened his mouth but Violet was quick to stop him. “You need to go inside..”
“Why are you so persistent with that? What’s so special about being inside..?” I ask, leaning forward. Violet just smiled and shrugged. “Go inside and you’ll see..” I slowly wrinkled my nose while casting a side glance at Anwyll who just shook his head.
I shake mine and sigh rubbing my face. “Do you honestly think that it’ll help..” I look at him dead in the eye. “I do.” He nods. “There has to be something in there..something that could help..and by the looks of it, it could help you too..” I don’t say anything at first.
I didn’t need any help. I, am a perfectly sane person. As if reading my mind, Anwyll snorted while standing up. “Yeah..okay..” I shot him a glare. “What.” He just shrugs. “Oh nothing, besides the fact that you got unsolved issues, a scar that ties you to me, and now..whatever is going on with you're brain. Dreams..? Visions?” He mused, walking backwards.
I scoff and stand up. “Excuse me. What issues? And I am not. Tied to you..and third. They were nothing. I’m probably just hanging around you too much..” I insisted, crossing my arms, making him laugh. “Bullshit.” I ignore the look of Violet and growl softly. Bullshit?? Bullshit my ass!
“You're scar. Why don’t you wanna fix it..” he questioned. “You’ve got to be kidding me, this again? Why are you so stuck on this..? Tom was lying..this stupid thing is just a normal scar!” Violet took my hand and began following him. I would’ve pulled away if it wasn’t for the fact that my brain was so stuck on the fact that she looked Tiny. And I didn’t wanna risk jerking her arm at the force of me pulling away.
“I’m so stuck on it because it could be true..and if it is, don't you think removing it is our best option?” I roll my eyes. “And how would we do that..? Hm?”
“By finding a witch.” He insists. I slow down. “You're joking..”
“I’m not. You want that gone. I want it gone. Let’s get a witch..see if it’s possible to take it off..” I slowly twist my jaw while keeping my eyes on him.
A witch hm..it’s a stupid idea. Everyone knows not to trust a witch. Especially if witches were the ones who cursed us in the first place. But..he did have a point. Another one.
If I can get this off..shouldn’t I try? If I can stop the only thing tying me to him shouldn’t I want that? It could save him..it could save me.. so why? Why am I so hesitant to want to get it off? It can’t just be because I don’t think it’s real..right?
“I-I’ll think about it. Okay? No promises..” I mumble, sliding my hands up and down and my legs again. He raised his hands. “Fine by me..” his eyes glazed over me. He was observing me again..why?
“Let’s go..” I look down at Violet who was tugging at his sleeve. “The suns killing me..” Anwyll tugged his eyes away and he nodded following her off. I take in a hesitant sigh and follow them.
Keeping a look out from behind. “Wait..” I look ahead. He had stopped to rip the inside of his suit off. “What-“ I gap. He sped over to the river, dipped it in and rang out the excess water before rushing back over.
He raised it to my head and I instinctively bared my teeth while taking a step back. He slowly raised his other hand in an act of plea. “It’s alright..I’m just cleaning it off. We can’t go further into their territory with you're blood on display..they’ll smell it in seconds..” he nods.
I scan him for a second. Both hands were exposed. I blink and look away before nodding quietly. I flinched but stood still at the cold rag pressing against my skin. It didn’t hurt. The wound had close already. But it was cold. That was certain.
I gently pulled away when he tried to scrub what seemed to be caked blood out of my hair. He wiggled his free hand to show me that it was completely empty before he raised it to separate my hair. I sigh softly and cross my arms. “I can do it myself you know..”
“True..but if you did. You’d miss all of it. Me being a vampire, I can smell and see every drop of blood lingering in you're hair.” He stopped and looked down at me. “And as a result, you’d have vampires sprinting your way in seconds…” I roll my eyes and lock eyes with him. “Oh please. Vampires don’t drink werewolf blood.”
“Says Who?” He tilts his head. “Says everyone. I’ve heard that we taste horrible to them..” he just smirked.
He leaned over slightly. “Well then they're nothing but a bunch of fat liars..” he mumbled, slowly raking a finger down my chin and to the side of my neck. I felt my breath hitch and my skin flair at his touch. What the hell was happening to me..? I try to stay as still as possible. But I had stopped breathing. Why?
“You werewolves smell unique. Delicious even..” his eyes slowly raked down my neck where they fixated on a certain point. A point I knew all too well. He parted his lips softly. “But you're taste..you taste even better than how you smell..” the corner of his lip tugged into a half smile. He snapped his eyes up to meet mine where they scanned them. Observing. Why does he keep doing that?
“If it wasn’t for the fact that I respected you and care for you so much it’d be hard to keep my hands off you..” I felt a punch to the gut.
What. My body ignited in what felt like fire. Anwyll quickly yanked his hand away and stumbled away. “T-that..- I didn’t- you didn’t get what…I’m sorry..your face is red..y-you're not gonna kill me now right..? I’m sorry..!” He quickly raised his hands. I just stood there like a fool.
I felt dizzy..I felt hot. “Anwyll go..” we both look down at Violet. “You're gonna ruin it..off you go. I can help her now..” Anwyll nods quickly. He looked back at me. He had worry in his eyes..
I give him a gentle, nervous smile. “I-it’s okay..” he nods. “I-I really didn’t mean to say it like that- o-or at all..”
“He meant to just think about it..” Violet tugged me down. I felt another jolt of heat and I kneel for her. I glanced up at Anwyll who shot Violet with an annoyed expression before turning away. “I’ll keep a lookout” I watch him jump into a tree and lean back.
I glance down at violet who finished wiping away the blood. “It’s good to see you..” she says. I wrinkle my nose a little. “No offense..really. But I don’t think we’ve met..” she just smiled. “My- You and him are friends?” I glance up at him. “I suppose..” she tilts her head. “I’ve only known him for a short time. We get along if that’s what you meant..”
“It’s not.” She implies. “But that’s good too..” I look her over.
She looked so young..yet the way she talks. “How old are you?” She tossed the rag. “When people see me I look twelve…but In reality I’ve lived for hundreds of years..” she looked me over. “If you really think about it..we’re all older than we seem. Even you..”
My brow twitched and I smile. “Is that so? I’m only nineteen..”
“Are you?” She smiled. My smile quivered slightly. “I’m sorry..?” she just smiled more and turned away. “Nineteen is a lot like nine hundred..don’t you think? Just add a few zeros..” I give her a puzzled look. She just smiled and skipped off. “Let’s go..” I slowly stand up. She sure is one confusing little girl.
I start to follow her before side stepping just as Anwyll jumped down. He slid his hands into his coat jacket. “Hey..” I rub my hands together. “Hi..” I mumble. We continue to walk in silence. “Hey, I’m really sorry about what I said back there, it was completely inappropriate.”
I press my lips together to stop a smile. “It’s fine. Really. A bit shocking but it’s fine..” he nods softly.
I smile, placing my hands behind my back as I walk. “I definitely cannot tell Marca though..he’ll kill you. He’d think you're hitting on me or something..” he just smirked.
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Anwyll’s POV
I shake my head and look down. I mean technically I wasn’t hitting on her. Technically. “Yeah..for real though. Please don’t tell Marca..” I rub my throat. Already imagining what he’d do to me. She giggled and nodded before instantly wiping it away. “What? What’s wrong..”
“We’re here..” she ducked and tucked herself out of sight. I quickly do the same.
We were indeed outside the gates. Just watching them patrolling the building. “So..” she looked at me. “How do you expect us to get in?”
I slowly press my lips together. “Welp..I’m going to be completely honest. I didn’t think this far..” Both girls gaped. I muffle a Yelp when Enya grabbed the scruff of my shirt and yanked me away and further away. “You mean to tell me you hauled me into enemy territory expecting to break in! And you have no clue how to even do that?!” She let go and spun to face me.
I quickly fix my shirt. “Well I didn’t expect you to actually say yes!” I shot back. “Look, I broke in by myself. Alright? It wasn’t that hard..!”
“Yes. But now there’s three of us! One of which! Is a fucking werewolf!”
“It was over here!” She jumped and cursed and tried to book it. “No! They’ll see you!” I hiss, grabbing her hand and jumping. I quickly cover her mouth as soon as we land high in the tree. She gripped my hand and I quickly silenced her while trying to balance.
Down below we saw four vampires meet up right below us.
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